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pragˈmatically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a pragmatical manner: see the adj. Also, in a manner related to pragmatic philosophy, or to pragmatics.
1606W. Birnie Kirk-Buriall (1833) 38 For such patrociny that Kirk-buriall procutors doe use pragmatically to pleade. 1653Gauden Hierasp. 7 Nor..am I pragmatically suggesting, what I might foolishly imagine fittest to be done in State affairs. a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 53 Not pragmatically prying into their Secrets or meddling with their concerns. 1868G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 94, I have tried to decipher them pragmatically, practically. 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. 448 note, Pragmatically, the most important attribute of God is his punitive justice. 1909― Pluralistic Universe viii. 321 Pragmatically interpreted, pluralism or the doctrine that it is many means only that the sundry parts of reality may be externally related. 1933Mind XLII. 246 Prof. Schlick's ‘Causality in Everyday Life and in Recent Science’ sets itself to discover the meaning of causality pragmatically, from its use. 1948Ibid. LVII. 358 The fault is not a fault of logic in the sense that the definition is formally self-contradictory. It is merely pragmatically self-refuting. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. iii. 46 Some Pentecostals respond ‘pragmatically’ to a passage of the Scriptures by engaging in shouting and dancing. 1969C.-Y. Cheng Peirce's & Lewis's Theories of Induction xii. 129 Induction cannot be pragmatically significant in a strong sense. |